Rick Reichardt collected seven hits in 10 times at bat to lead the White Sox to a sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with the Senators, 5-0 and 9-5. Tom Bradley pitched a shutout, scattering five hits. Reichardt, who was 2-for-5 in the opener, came back with 5-for-5 in the nightcap, including a homer, and snapped a 5-5 tie with a run-scoring single in the sixth inning. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Washington Senators 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, May       12, 1971 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Senators     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
White Sox    0  0  2    0  2  0    0  1  x  -   5 15  0


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .317      Richard ss            5   0   2   1     0   0   .248
McCraw rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .246      Stroud rf             4   2   1   0     1   0   .150
Howard lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .279      May 1b                5   1   3   2     0   1   .289
Mincher 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .250      Melton 3b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .298
Foy 3b                4   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Reichardt lf          5   1   2   1     0   1   .264
Casanova c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .269      Andrews 2b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .293
Wert ss               4   0   0   0     0   1   .118      Herrmann c            4   0   0   0     1   0   .246
Cullen 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .193      Johnstone cf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .229
  Allen ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .263        McKinney ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .380
Bosman p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .056        Hershberger pr,cf   1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Shellenback p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bradley p             3   0   1   0     0   1   .105
  Scheinblum ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .136
  Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   5   0     2   5             Totals               37   5  15   5     4   4

Time of Game: 2:33
Left on Base: Senators 7, White Sox 14
DP: Senators 0, White Sox 0
Doubles: May (3)
Triples: Stroud (1)
Stolen Bases: Richard (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Andrews (3), Bradley (3)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman L(2-4)           4.1   8   4   4   4   3   0  25   3.81
Shellenback             1.2   3   0   0   0   1   0   8   5.28
Gogolewski              2     4   1   1   0   0   0  10   3.48
Totals                  8    15   5   5   4   4   0  43

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley W(4-1)          9     5   0   0   2   5   0  34   1.27
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   5   0  34

Wild Pitches: Bradley (3)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Odom


SENATORS 1ST: Unser flied out to center; McCraw flied out to
center; Howard walked; Mincher singled to right [Howard to
third]; Foy popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard flied out to center; Stroud popped to
third; May singled to center; Melton popped to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Casanova flied out to right; Wert grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cullen grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt was called out on strikes; Andrews
singled to left; Herrmann flied out to right; Johnstone grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, White
Sox 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Bosman singled to right; Unser forced Bosman
(third to shortstop); McCraw struck out; Howard grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bradley singled to right; Richard forced Bradley
(third to second); Stroud forced Richard (shortstop to second);
May doubled to right [Stroud scored]; Melton walked; Reichardt
singled to center [Melton to second, May scored]; Andrews walked
[Melton to third, Reichardt to second]; Herrmann flied out to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 2.

SENATORS 4TH: Mincher singled to left; Foy flied out to center;
Casanova walked [Mincher to second]; Wert struck out; Cullen
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 0, White
Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnstone struck out; Bradley grounded out (third
to first); Richard singled to left; Richard stole second; Stroud
walked; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Senators 0, White Sox 2.

SENATORS 5TH: Bosman grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser
singled to left; McCraw grounded out (first to pitcher) [Unser
to second]; Bradley threw a wild pitch [Unser to third]; Howard
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Melton singled to left; Reichardt singled to
center [Melton to second]; Andrews out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Reichardt to second, Melton to third];
Herrmann was walked intentionally; SHELLENBACK REPLACED BOSMAN
(PITCHING); MCKINNEY BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; McKinney singled to
center [Herrmann to second, Reichardt to third, Melton scored];
HERSHBERGER RAN FOR MCKINNEY; Bradley struck out; Richard
singled to right [Hershberger to second, Herrmann to third,
Reichardt scored]; Stroud flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 4.

SENATORS 6TH: HERSHBERGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Mincher
flied out to center; Foy singled to center; Casanova popped to
second; Wert grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May grounded out (pitcher to first); Melton
singled to left; Reichardt flied out to right; Andrews flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 4.

SENATORS 7TH: ALLEN BATTED FOR CULLEN; Allen struck out;
SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR SHELLENBACK; Scheinblum grounded out
(second to first); Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: ALLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GOGOLEWSKI
REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PITCHING); Herrmann flied out to center;
Hershberger singled to right; Bradley out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Hershberger to second]; Richard flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 4.

SENATORS 8TH: McCraw struck out; Howard struck out; Mincher
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators
0, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Stroud tripled to center; May singled to right
[Stroud scored]; Melton popped to first; Reichardt flied out to
center; Andrews singled to left [May to second]; Herrmann
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators
0, White Sox 5.

SENATORS 9TH: Foy grounded out (shortstop to first); Casanova
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wert flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 5.